Star Wars: Ahsoka on Disney+ is a TV series that feels like a lot of different things, including a sequel to the animated series Rebels and a new live-action story about masters and apprentices. But what’s quickly becoming my favorite part of the show is its focus on a struggling padawan who doesn’t seem to “have the…
Source: Kotaku – Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Quietly Showing That Anyone Can Be A Jedi
Armored Core VI is the first game in the long-running mech action series to get a PC release, and in its first weekend became the second most-played FromSoftware game ever on Steam at launch. Critics raved about it and fans have been elated to see the series finally return, but what are the Steam reviews saying about…
Source: Kotaku – Armored Core VI, As Told By Steam Reviews
Not every character you make in Baldur’s Gate 3 is going to be good at lockpicking. Hell, I don’t even run with a lockpicking-proficient rogue in my party because I’d rather my Warlock hang out with Gale, Shadowheart, and Karlach because one’s my boyfriend and the other two are my besties. Tons of treasure chests and…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3’s Easiest Lockpicking Tool Is An Axe Or Bomb
Blink and you’ll miss the third episode of Star Wars: Ahsoka, which sped by so fast as I watched it that I worried my cat had sat on the remote and skipped forward several scenes (again). But the episode, titled “Time to Fly,” really is just over a half-hour long—a stark contrast to the two previous episodes, which…
Source: Kotaku – Ahsoka Episode 3 Review: Bizarrely Brief But Promising
Final Fantasy XVI, Square Enix’s monumental action role-playing game from earlier this summer, is experiencing a teeny tiny discount on the PlayStation store. There, both Standard and Digital Deluxe versions of the (as far as we know) PS5-exclusive game are on sale now through September 7 at 2:59 a.m. Eastern.
Source: Kotaku – You Can Now Get Final Fantasy XVI For Cheaper
FromSoftware’s Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon might be one of the most beautiful and exhilarating mech games to have come out in years, but it’s not the only one you could be playing right now. Because a few years ago, the Nintendo Switch got Daemon X Machina, a spiritual successor to the then dormant Armored Core…
Source: Kotaku – You Should Give This Armored Core-Like Switch Game Another Look
PlayStation Plus is about to get a lot more expensive. Sony announced that, beginning in September, the annual subscription price will go from $60 up to $80 for the lowest tier of the program. Meanwhile PS Plus Premium, which competes directly with Game Pass by offering a big Netflix-style library of games and cloud…
Source: Kotaku – Sony Raising PlayStation Plus Prices By Up To A Year
When you boot up Baldur’s Gate 3, you can choose between creating a custom character, or playing as any of the party members who can join you throughout the game, like Astarion or Karlach. However, there’s one other option as well: it’s called the Dark Urge, and it’s kind of the best of both worlds. You get to make…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge Is Great For Your Second Run
Free, fan-made browser game Pufferdle is an unexpectedly successful cozy mutant. Developer Abdullah Masud made it from sewing together some beloved parts—the fishing minigame from Stardew Valley, and Wordle’s streamlined hangman procedure—and ended up with a pixel fish-guesser many will find relaxing and familiar.
Source: Kotaku – Stardew Valley Fishing Minigame Makes A Surprisingly Good Wordle Clone
Pokémon Go is notoriously behind the rest of the Pokémon universe, especially when it comes to the pocket monsters that inhabit its world. But finally, almost a year after the Switch’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were released, the mobile game is to see its first smattering of Paldean beasties.
Source: Kotaku – Paldean Pokémon Are Coming To Pokémon Go Next Week
Pong is one of those video games that I don’t need to explain. I say Pong and you can see it in your mind. But what if Pong was more? What if that ball you batted around for decades could escape and see the world? That’s the question asked and answered in Qomp 2, Atari’s upcoming, and odd, sequel to Pong.
Source: Kotaku – Atari’s Making A Pong Sequel About The Ball Escaping The Paddles
In the weeks since Baldur’s Gate 3 launched, some fans of Karlach, your party’s feisty, hopeful, and powerful Tiefling Barbarian, have been unhappy with the conclusion to her storyline. There are even extensive threads about it on developer Larian Studios’ own forums, with some decrying the particulars of Karlach’s…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Altering Its Ending, Starting With Karlach
If you’ve read enough Reddit and Twitter posts over the last few months, you might have heard about an interesting Destiny 2 conspiracy involving Strand—an in-game power added in the online shooter’s latest expansion—and The Witch Queen expansion from 2022. The theory suggests Strand was a leftover idea shoved into…
Source: Kotaku – Bungie Completely Debunks Destiny 2 Conspiracy Theory
Starfield launches on September 6, unless you preordered one of the special editions that gives you early access starting on August 31. But if you’re down to play on PC, you can grab Bethesda’s massive spacefaring RPG for either $12 or $17 off, depending on the edition.
Source: Kotaku – The Best Starfield Preorder Discount Saves You 17 Percent
Sonic Superstars is bringing proper cooperative play to a series that has often, as far back as Sonic the Hedgehog 2, let a second player pick up a controller and play as Tails while the camera followed the blue blur. Playing the 2D platformer series alongside your friends isn’t a new concept, but when I got hands-on…
Source: Kotaku – Sonic Superstars Works Surprisingly Well In Co-Op
Steam’s latest sale event is its Strategy Fest which is offering discounts on some of the best strategic PC games around. If you need a meaty campaign full of tactics to devise and menus to tinker with, look no further than these excellent PC games.
Source: Kotaku – 9 PC Games You Need To Play During Steam’s Latest Strategy Fest Sale
Like any good fantasy setting, Baldur’s Gate 3’s world is full of hidden secrets, accessible only to those with the right ability. There are entire areas and questlines you might miss, for instance, if you don’t have the skills needed to find them, like Feather Fall. But one particular spell that will help you not…
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Even Better When You Speak With Animals
Sonic Superstars, the new 2D Sonic platformer from Sega coming out later this year, looks a lot like a fresh take on the famous blue blur. It ditches pixel art for a cartoony new visual style that looks pretty good. But if you were hoping for a future Sonic game to return to its classic pixel-art roots, that might not…
Source: Kotaku – Sonic Team Doesn’t Think Pixel Art Will Be A ‘Viable’ Style In The Future
Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 wouldn’t be what it is without nearly hundreds of actors’ diligent motion capture performances, mo-cap director Aliona Baranova explained in an August 25 Twitter thread.
Source: Kotaku – Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Explains Why Every Single NPC Was Mo-Capped
